Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
High temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets open the pathway to commercial fusion energy from a spherical tokamak device. In this week’s Fusion Pioneer video, Dr Rod Bateman, our Magnet Development Manager, explains why HTS' capacity to operate in a high background field is so important for the design of future fusion power plants.
"The greatest challenge solved so far is the development of high-temperature superconducting magnets that are suitably robust and compact so that they can enable a spherical tokamak”, says Rod. “This means that future fusion power plants can be compact and efficient—and hence commercially viable."
High temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets open the pathway to commercial fusion energy from a spherical tokamak device. In this week’s Fusion Pioneer video, Dr Rod Bateman, our Magnet Development Manager, explains why HTS' capacity to operate in a high background field is so important for the design of future fusion power plants.
"The greatest challenge solved so far is the development of high-temperature superconducting magnets that are suitably robust and compact so that they can enable a spherical tokamak”, says Rod. “This means that future fusion power plants can be compact and efficient—and hence commercially viable."
